Today is April 24, 2023. One hundred eight years ago, on this day, several hundred Armenian intellectuals were arrested and murdered, marking the beginning of the systematic deportation and mass murder of my ancestors.
[A]uthoritarians are violating international law because they can. As for the rest of us, we learned nothing from history.
Ketanji Brown Jackson not only becomes the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, a historic and momentous event, but her role as a mother was also on full display. The Supreme Court will again have two working mothers on the Supreme Court. Judge Jackson spoke of being a parent during her opening statement and…
One must be only human to feel the pain and the misery of 1.5 million Ukrainians displaced from their homeland. Coincidentally that number represents the number of my displaced ancestors, marched into the desert, and slaughtered in the first major genocide of the 20th Century. As I see the images on my television screen of…
Conversations about voting rights in America and the Freedom to Vote Act underscore an opportunity to improve upon and make an impact in this country.
Dora Kingsley Vertenten, teaching professor and faculty director for USC’s Master of Public Administration online program, explains, “I’m passionate about the fact that people should be involved and should…
As I begin my 14th year of academic service at one of the best research universities and highly ranked public affairs schools in the nation, I want to reflect on the value of local public service as the antidote to many wicked challenges facing us today.
Democracy's Hope is in Cities
Several years ago, I shared the podium…
This Blog article is dedicated to Colonel Sean McBride (US Marines ret.) and Commander Robert Hill (US Navy ret.) for their service and dedication.
As a lawyer, I am trained to disagree but defend what I hate.
As an American by choice, I always hated those who desecrated the symbol of my freedom,…
Several weeks ago, the Los Angeles World Affairs Council representatives contacted me to request my participation in their upcoming program on October 13, 2021. The program featured United States Army 4-star General Stanley McChrystal (ret) about his latest book, “Risk.”
The organizers of this event had seen one of my lectures in a virtual webinar series here at USC Price. I…
I tell my students to remain hungry for knowledge by committing to be a student for life. I always am. But I am also a teacher by family tradition for life. I will never let a good leadership lesson go to waste. As a pracademic, I teach or share what I learn and what I…
Dear Mr. President, thank you! During your inauguration on January 20, 2021, I penned an open letter to request that you remain true to your lifelong pledges. On the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, you reclaimed America's moral and legal authority over men's inhumanity to men. The clarity in communicating a century-old truth fulfills your promise to…